Secret Lives
- ISBN-10
- 0701205652
- ISBN-13
- 9780701205652
- Series
- Secret Lives
- Category
- Fiction / General
- Pages
- 316
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- Hogarth
- Author
- Edward Frederic Benson
Description
A hilarious look at preposterous and stuffy characters in a conservative upper crust mini-society in Durham Square in London. The gossiping Mrs. Mantrip who secretly reads corny novels, and her feud with Susan Leg, the wild and uncouth new arrival.
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- 2012-11-01
- 212 pages
- Paperback
- AuthorHouse
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